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Falling Amazon deforestation rates create opportunity for other damaged forests
Fewer trees were cut down in the Amazon this year, creating an opportunity to apply sound government policies to halt deforestation in other damaged forests, WWF says...
How much water does the ocean have?
The calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to then determine the change in the water mass. A team of geodesists...
Record Highs Outpace Record Lows
Daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade.
Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever
Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is loosing mass at an accelerating rate, reports a new study in Science...
Apec leaders drop climate target
Asia-Pacific leaders say it will not be possible to reach a climate change deal ahead of the UN conference in Copenhagen.
Canada: Alberta's Hidden Valleys Offer Both Resources And Danger
Alberta is crisscrossed with hidden glacial valleys that hold both resource treasures and potential danger. Researchers discovered a 300-meter-deep valley hidden beneath the surface of the ground near the community...
Brazil proposes carbon cut target
Brazil offers to cut carbon emissions by 36% by 2020, in an attempt to encourage richer nations to reveal their plans.
Former Ida a huge rainmaker, causing flooding in the Mid-Atlantic
The coastal low, formerly known as Ida, is currently quasi-stationary off the North Carolina coast, adding more rain on top of what it has already brought. The low is creating...
El Nino Picking Up Steam
(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image from the U.S./French Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Nino.
Opinion: Run, rabbit, run
Rodney Crisp observes that though rabbit numbers in Australia far outweigh the country's human inhabitants, it is humans who contribute most to environmental damage.
PICTURES: WWII "Samurai Subs" Found--Carried Aircraft
Two advanced Japanese "samurai subs" have been found off Pearl Harbor—including a stealth aircraft-carrying submarine and a supersleek vessel engineered for utmost speed.
TMS Names First Winner of Vittorio de Nora Prize
Zeljka Pokrajcic, an engineer for WorleyParsons - Mineral and Metals Division, in Melbourne and doctoral candidate was selected by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) as the first recipient...
Engineering the Planet to Dodge Global Warming
Failure to make difficult choices to cut greenhouse gas emissions exposes humanity to an increasingly dire set of climate scenarios. But there is a way to buy time:...
SEA to conduct expedition dedicated to measuring plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean
Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Agriculture fastest-growing research in China
China's agricultural science is expanding fast, and its 'world share' of research papers is rising too, says a report.
Coast must plan or get wet
Australia’s west coast will see a one meter rise this century, according to a study on rising sea levels.
Warmer Cape Cod Losing Namesake Catch
Traditional New England Fish Lured to Cooler Waters
New water management tool may help ease effects of drought
Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall and streamflow may look like months in advance. A researcher from North Carolina State...
A Glimpse At The Earth's Crust Deep Below The Atlantic
Long-term variations in volcanism help explain the birth, evolution and death of striking geological features called oceanic core complexes on the ocean floor, says a geologist.
Deepest southern hemisphere fish caught on camera
The deepest living fish ever spotted in the southern hemisphere are caught on camera.
Giant Antarctic iceberg heads towards N.Zealand: experts
A giant iceberg twice the length of Beijing's "Bird's Nest" Stadium has been spotted floating off Australia and could be headed for New Zealand, scientists said on Thursday.
Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish
(AP) -- Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner...
Feature: Drought resistant wheat
How researchers are helping to protect Australia’s food supply against climate change.
L.I. Harvests May Signal a Comeback for Scallops
The recovery has resulted partly from dedicated efforts by scientists to rebuild the population which was decimated by surges in toxic algae known as brown tide.
Boreal forests ignored in climate change fight
Boreal forests store more than double the carbon originally thought, yet policy-makers overlook their role in fighting climate change, says a report released Thursday by an international conservation group.
Satellite Imagery Used To Identify Active Magma Systems In East Africa's Rift Valley
Scientists have used images compiled over a decade to study volcanic activity in the African Rift. A new article focuses on the section of the rift in Kenya. Surface deformation...
Form of Mercury in Older Dental Fillings Unlikely to be Toxic: Study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amid the on-going controversy over the safety of mercury-containing dental fillings, a University of Saskatchewan research team has shed new light on how the chemical forms of mercury...
Can Local Governments Solve Global Warming?
BOULDER, Colo. Here's what this affluent Rocky Mountain city of 100,000 does about a revenue shortfall in the darkest economic hour since the Great Depression: [More]